Improvement in fences



B. P. MQOOLL-ESTER.

Fence.

No. 215,382. Patented May 13, 1879.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

NAFETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHiNGTON. Dr C- v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. MCGOLLESTER,

OF CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEM ENT IN FENCES;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 21 5,382, dated May 13, 1879; application filed February 18, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. McGoL- LESTER, of California, in the county of Moniteau and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the same.

.My invention is an improvement in the class of fences whose panel-rails are secured to posts by means of wires and staples.

The improvement consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of the fence. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line a: :20, Fig. 1.

A A indicate the parallel horizontal rails composing the panel proper, and B the top 7 rail or rider, whose ends rest in the crotches upper panel-rail, A; then through another staple, and so on, so that the same wire fastens all the rails A B to the bars D.

The lower ends of bars D may enter the ground, or not, as preferred.

To connect the several panels,and also hold them rigidly in position at the bottom, I employ a tie bar, F, whose ends are inserted in the lower loops of the wire E of the contiguous panels, and'a crossbar, G, which is arranged at right angles to the tie-bar and attached to the stakes G. The upper edge of the tie-bar F enters the notch in said crossbar, and thus all the parts are firmly locked together; yet the construction and arrange"- ment are such that the panels may be readily disconnected and the fence taken down or removed.

What I claim is- The improved fence composed of the vertical stakes or bars D D, the wires E, staples a, the panel-rails A, the rider B, the inclined stakes O O, and notched tie-bar and cross-bar, all said parts being constructed and. arranged as shown and described.

BENJAMIN F. MOGOLLESTER. Witnesses:

.M. D. CRAM, T. M. BURGER. 

